NFL analyst goes off on Jerry Jones for squandering opportunity to land Bill Belichick (Collage Images Credit: IMAGN)
Chris Broussard thinks it is a mistake for Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys not to pursue Bill Belichick. The legendary six-time Super Bowl-winning coach has not been on the sidelines this season and was waiting for the right offer. It came in the form of UNC Tar Heels announcing him as their new head coach. It will be the former Patriots' coach's first time taking on the mantle at college level.
Broussard believes that the Cowboys should have made a move before that. Mike McCarthy is widely believed to be under the threat of replacement. Dallas currently has a losing record, will most likely miss the playoffs, and the incumbent is in the last year of his contract. Therefore, Jerry Jones is expected to be in the market for a new coach but Bill Belichick is now taken.
The NFL analyst said that it was a big mistake on the Cowboys' part. Their biggest issue this season has been fixing the run defense and if there is anything the former New England boss knows to do, it is fix leaky defenses. Broussard also said that having a personality like that in the locker room would get the players focusing more. Speaking on First Things First, he commented,
